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Sunday November 25, 2012 11:12 AM

DERA ISMAIL KHAN,PAKISTAN -- A roadside bomb in northwestern Pakistan killed at least seven
people early yesterday, including four children, police officials said.

Militants struck a procession of Shiite Muslims in Dera Ismail Khan, a town on the edge of the
restive tribal region in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. At least 30 people were wounded when the
bomb, which was remotely detonated, ripped through the procession as it passed, the police
said.

Pakistani authorities have installed strict security measures in an effort to thwart attacks by
extremist Sunni groups on Shiites, who are observing Ashura, an annual 10-day mourning period that
ends today.